RHEL 5 / 6 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2018:2664)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 117398

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A security update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform from the Customer Portal.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2 is a platform for Java applications based on jbossas.

This asynchronous patch is a security update for RichFaces and Apache CXF packages in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.

Security Fix(es) :

* Injection of arbitrary EL expressions allows remote code execution via org.richfaces.renderkit.html.Paint2DResource. (CVE-2018-12533)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2664

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-12533

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 117398

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2664.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/10/2018

Updated: 10/24/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-cdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-framework, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-root, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-ui, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12533

RHSA: 2018:2664